Twitter Reacts As India Crush New Zealand In 2nd ODI On The Back Of Bowlers' Dominance To Seal The Series

The Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team went head-to-head with the Tom Latham-led New Zealand National Cricket Team in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday, January 21.

India National Cricket Team thrashed New Zealand National Cricket Team by 8 wickets in the match to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. It was India’s 7th bilateral ODI series victory against the Black Caps at home. Notably, they have never lost a bilateral ODI series against the Kiwis at home. The third and final dead rubber ODI will be held at the Nehru Stadium in Indore on Tuesday, January 24.

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India National Cricket Team won the toss and opted to bowl first in the match. Notably, captain Rohit Sharma suffered an epic brain fade moment as he forgot his decision after winning the toss and after a long pause, he finally told “we will bowl first”. Also, both the Men In Blue and the Black Caps fielded an unchanged playing XI.

The decision to bowl first in the match proved incredibly beneficial for the Indian team as the pace bowlers ran through the New Zealand top order and reduced them to 15/5. All 5 premier batters of the side – Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham were sent back to the dugout for a very low score.

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The 31-year-old all-rounder Michael Bracewell, who almost pulled off a heist with his exceptional 140-run knock in the first ODI in Hyderabad, was unable to replicate his performance in the second ODI. He contributed 22 runs off 30 balls, before being cleaned up by Mohammed Shami.

The Kiwis lost 7th wickets at the score of 103 in the 31st over when Hardik Pandya broke the 47-run partnership between Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner by dismissing the latter, who scored 27 runs off 39 balls.

The 26-year-old batter Glenn Phillips played over 50 balls and looked decent in the middle, but then smashed a ball off Washington Sundar straight to Suryakumar Yadav at deep midwicket to get out for 36. Then, Lockie Ferguson was dismissed by Washington Sundar for 1 and Blair Tickner was cleaned up by Kuldeep Yadav for 2. The Black Caps were bundled out for 108.

Mohammed Shami bagged a three-wicket haul while Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar bagged two wickets each. Also, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav picked up one wicket each.

Chasing the target, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill batted very well, with the former being the aggressor. Rohit showcased a batting masterclass and scored brilliant 51 runs off 50 balls, with 7 fours and 2 sixes, before being cleaned up by Henry Shipley in the 15th over.

Virat Kohli contributed 11 runs off 9 balls, before once again being cleaned up by Mitchell Santner in the 19th over. However, Shubman Gill remained unbeaten and scored 40 runs off 53 balls to steer India to an 8-wicket win over the visitors in the 21st over alongside Ishan Kishan.

Here’s How Twitter Reacted To India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI:

This series win is even better than the last one. Well done team india ? #INDVSNZODI

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 21, 2023

Interesting to see what kind of method Kohli employs v spin in the BGT.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) January 21, 2023

NZ Batters today ?#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/8hXW60kTP7

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) January 21, 2023

Fastest Chase by India in ODI

11.3 Overs vs KEN (2001)
14.5 Overs vs WI (2018)
18.4 Overs vs ENG (2022)
18.5 Overs vs UAE (2015)
19.1 Overs vs SA (2022)
20.1 Overs vs NZ (Today)*#INDvsNZ

— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) January 21, 2023

India won this ODI match against New Zealand 179 balls left – This is the 3rd biggest win for India in terms of balls left in ODI history.

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) January 21, 2023

? ?????? ???????! Congratulations to the Men in Blue on completing their 7️⃣th bilateral ODI series victory against the Kiwis at home.

? Good job, boys!

? Getty • #INDvNZ #NZvIND #TeamIndia #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/5F6oR3avct

— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) January 21, 2023

Cricket fans right now ?#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/OmfJiJXgLE

— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) January 21, 2023

Mai exam me sochne ki acting karta hua #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/OwpiVCgueb

— djay (@djaywalebabu) January 21, 2023

India won another series at HOME.
Sheer dominance from Team India.
Top-notch bowling by @mdsirajofficial and @MdShami11 Once again very good start by @ImRo45 and @ShubmanGill.#INDvNZ #IndvsNZ2ndODI

— Satya ?? (@satyasaibrahma) January 21, 2023

This is called dominance ! Now Farid won’t be able to tweet like he did when India beat Sri Lanka, Farid was saying Sri Lankan team minnows.
They are Asian champions right now. Now India beat worlds no 1 side ! What to say !! #INDvNZ

— Ravindra Bisht | रविन्द्र बिष्ट ?? (@RavindraBishtUk) January 21, 2023

Yaar! Wo argument ke time yeh bolna toh bhul hi gaya #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/t4eZU9BXhx

— Jay (@dhoninjay) January 21, 2023

Been that way for so many years….was so enjoyable watching Rohit bat this evening.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 21, 2023

Positive half century for Rohit Sharma on this pitch. It will certainly boost his confidence. #IndvsNZ2ndODI #RohitSharma #INDvNZ #Raipur #ODI #ICCRankings #Cricket #CricketTwitter

— Wasay Habib (@wwasay) January 21, 2023

Historic – India wins their 7th consecutive ODI bilateral series at home which is their most in history.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 21, 2023

Rohit hitman Sharma & Shubman Gill. New opening pair who does their business so well. 4 50 plus half century partnership in last 5 innings. Phenomenal. #INDvsNZ #TeamIndia #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/ZCHz8WbJb3

— Tanmoy Roy ? (@iamtanmoyyy) January 21, 2023

Unbelievable domination by India ?. 22nd series win from 24. #IndvsNZ

— Muthu (@87muthu) January 21, 2023

Sheer Dominance. Overall team performance by Team India. Excellent bowling, super bowling, phenomenal captaincy, and a fabulous fifty from #RohitSharma too. 7th consecutive series win by team India. With 1 more win then India will be the No. 1 ODI team. #IndvsNZ2ndODI #IndvsNZ pic.twitter.com/FgDy3QPcLZ

— Rahul Wadhwani (@WadhwaniRahul1) January 21, 2023

A Rohit Sharma century is around the corner. #INDvsNZ

— Kabir Singh (@KabirSingh_45) January 21, 2023

Again a disappointing knock from @imVkohli fell again to Santner for 11(9) in a low run chase (2nd ODI).

IND sealed the series 2-0. Waiting for a master stroke from @imVkohli
in the 3rd ODI which will be a dead rubber. #INDvsNZ #Varisu #Vaarasudu

— ?♈?️®️ℹ️$⛎??Arun (@Arunk2802) January 21, 2023

India won by 8 wickets
Well played by the bowlers and batting by @ImRo45 and @ShubmanGill
India leads by 2-0#IndvsNZ

— common man talking (@talking_common) January 21, 2023

Kohlis struggles against spin are making me scared for bgt tbh #IndvsNZ

— Avi? (@Shreyasian_41) January 21, 2023

What a consistence performance by team India ?? #IndvsNZ
Series win ?

— Ashutosh Singh (@Ashutos75034227) January 21, 2023

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